Blouse structure and the like



May 29, 1945. T ATZMAN 2,376,969

BLOUSE STRUCTURE AND THE LIKE Filed May 27, 1943 Patented May 29, 1945Thislnvention relates teimprovementsin gar meant-structures; and inparticular to blouses and thelike; "1 v l. It is an object of-thepresent "invention taprovide a bi use having means' for properly;adequatelslyifi d adj ustably arranging a bl'ouse or "like 'ga-rme t onthe upper 1 body part, such' as= bust, back and waist-' of the wearerwhereby various eil'ects with respect-to appearance and mizing-of theblouse'or like garment mayibe achievedfl It is another object ofthisinvention:to are vide' a blouse or lik'e garment which is -simple inconstruction; easy to 'manufacture at reduced cost and whichisadapted-to fit di-n'eren't sizes of -the waistlin'e 'of -personswithout anyalteration of shown inpFigs. '1 to 3 a garment, such" "lady'sblouse 'lflrnade' in accordancewith 'thisinventton.

' "Blouse" lfl comp'rises n't part or section l1, back or rear section"!and 1 sleee'ves l3; Front section H "and rear sedtiori l2 fareconnected-tother only' at the s ruminat ons 1ceation;unuer'=-tn arrh itediacent 1 seam 14a 'wlii'ch connects' the 'sleeve 'l-twith said anect'ed to the upper portion of 'said' frontsedt' ion the seams of theblouse or other changes hereto fore necessary to obtain proper fitting.

A further object of the present invention is' to provide means forretaining a blouse or like structure in position with respect to theskirt by tucking the blouseiunder the skirt at the rear part thereof andpermitting the blouse to fall-over the skirt at its front and further toprovide means to adjust the front part of the blouse to corre spond tothe shape of the bust and further to snugly fit the waist line of thewearer.

Still another object of the present invention is toprovide meansforadjusting and fitting the blouse or like garment structure under thearms of the wearer, the blouse being constructed with or withoutsleeves, and permitting air circulation at blouse portions adjacent thearmpit.

Still a further object of thisi nvention is to provide a blous andthelike adapted for sport and dressy'wear and whose front section may bemade of a material difierent in color'and quality from that of the rearsection of the blouse.

This invention further consists of several features and has manyadvantages as will hereinafter more clearly appear from the followingdescription of a preferred embodiment of the invention, as illustratedin the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is-a front elevational view of the blouse structure as worn by aperson.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view seen from the rear of Fig. 1. v t

Fig. 3 shows on reduced scale a side elevational view of the blouse inits formwhen worn by a person. i

Fig. 4 is a view on enlarged scale of a side part of the blouse, as seenfrom the inside of the blouse.

'In the particular embodiment chosen for the purpose of illustrating theinvention, thereis and said 'rear' sec tio'n. racntseetion instance, isbuttoned at I6 to open section of blouse W" and terminates} I pointed orsomewhat curved lower ends l ladapted toiall over 'the upper iiront-edge 'Jof the r'sk'i-rt l l'i (as in:

dicated in dot and dash lines).

Front section l l has side pieces I! which loosely and sidewardlyoverlap rear section I! (Fig. 2),

said side pieces I9 being each substantially triangularly shaped andterminating in edges and 2 I, From pointed ends 22, 23 of side pieces I9, re-

spectively, there extend strips or ribbon portions 24, 25 for tighteningsaid side pieces on back section I2, as at 26 and to retain frontsection II in position at the frontand waist of the wearer.

As can be clearly seen in Figs. 1 and 2, lower part 21 of back or rearsection I2 is tucked under skirt l8 and projects sidewardly and towardthe front at the inside of the skirt,yas indicated at 28. In order togive shape and body to the loose front section lkl, darts 29 and 30 areprovided; the latter extending substantially under the arms forwardly inthe direction of the'bust of the wearer.

Fig, 4 shows [on a larger scale a part of the blouse structure, as seenfrom the inside of the blouse at the fixation of its right sleeve.According to this invention, front section I I and rear section l2 areso disposed at the sleeve, edge 3| Which comes to lieadjacentthe armpitthat said sections overlap each other thereat and are fixed by ashortstitching or tacking at or between points 32 and 33 positioned at alocation coinciding with seam Illa, at said sleeve edge 3|. Thus, seamedge 34 of rearsection l2 comes to lie loosely underneath front'sectionII, as can be realizedfrom Fig. 4 showinga blouse portion as seen fromthe insidethereof at'the right sleeve I 3. Front section II is cut to'sl-ant somewhat toward the rear section I2, as can be seen in Figs.

3 and 4.

Due to this arrangement which causes the side edge 2| (of front sectionII) and side edge 28 (of rear section H) to overlap each other sincethey are not connected together by anylongituthis i dinal seams, the newblouse structure can be I 1 readily and properly adjusted to theindividual 1 size of the wearer, and various effects may be 1 obtainedwith respect to the appearance and fit- 1 ting (snug or draped) ,of theblouse on the wearer.

It is well understood that the front section of i the blouse may be alsotucked under the skirt, j if so'desiredr Lower edge 20 and tie means 24,25 attached thereto are preferably positioned along the waist I line ofthefwearer; 1

Due to the fact that the 5101s.; is open'di- 5 rectly under the sleeveand next to the armpit no perspiration will afiect the blouse materialsince always air circulation will be maintained'.

It is further to be-kept in mind that theblouse structure can bemanufactured with long or short sleeves or without any sleeves, andthatno" alterations or changes-of the seams are required to fit varioussizes of personswearing suchgarment structure. nAlthough' the above;improvements relating to ,garment and in partioularto 'blouse structures1 haveibeen describedwithrespectv to a certain'einbodimentof,theinventiom-Jtis not .desiredrtobe limited to such details sincechangeszand modil fications inthe form, arrangements, proportions andsizes thereof may wellbe made without de- 1 :parting ;from ;the spiritandgscope of the inven-1 .tion'initsbroadest aspect. I a :Having thusdescribed the invention, what is .claimedas new and-desired to besecured b Let- 1 tersgPatent is:-

1;. Inf-a blouse norlike garment'having a front section iand-a rearsection connected together by 35 seams extending along thes'houlders ofsaid-gar- I ment and having sleeves extending from said shoulder seamssaid rear section and said front section being each provided with freeside edges, substantially horizontally directed seams connecting therespectingupper ends of said side edges of said front section and therespective upper ends of said side edges of said rear section adjacentthe armpit of said sleeves, said horizontally directed seams being sodisposed that said front section .is arranged .with,. respect to saidrear sectio'n in: overlapping positiong the upper end of each side edgeof said front section being spaced from the upper end of each side edgeof said rear section, and tie, means connected to the re'spective lowerends of theside edges of said front section and adapted toextend abovesaid rear section whereby said front section is'retained' in position onsaid'rear section.

2. In a blouse or garment having a front section and a rear section andconnected together by seams extending alongathe' shoulders of thegarment; said rear section and saidfront'section being provided. withside edges, r'espectivelyfsubstantiallyhorizontally directed fasteningmeans connecting the respective upper-ends only of'said side edges withone another, whereby the remain? ders of the sideedges ofsaid frontsection: loosely overlie thegside edges of said rear:v section; 2 andtie means-fixedadjacent the lower-ends ofcsaid side edges. of,. s-ai d:front seotion,j-whereby said front section-may be" adjusted relativelyto said I rear section and in overlapping relation thereto and tretainedin position with: said lower ends of said side edges on said rearsectioni

